Double pen-holder



(No Model.)

G. R. ARNOLD.

DOUBLE PEN HOLDER.

' No. 310,168. PafientedJan. 6,1885.

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PATENT OFF CE.

CLARENCE R. ARNOLD, OF WELLSVILLE, OHIO.

DOUBLE PEN-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 310,168, dated January6, 1885.

Application filed May 13, 1884. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern Be it known that I, CLARENCE B. ARNOLD, of\Vellsville, in the county of Columbiana and State of Ohio, haveinvented a new and Improved Double Pen-Holder, of which the following isa full, clear, and exact description.

The object of my invention is to provide a new and improved pen-holderadapted to hold two pens in such a manner that the nibs of the pens canbe adjusted to be any desired distance apart and can readily beseparated more or less while Writing.

The invention consists in the construction and arrangements of parts, aswill be hereinafter fully described and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure l is aface view of my improved penholder. Fig. 2 is across-sectional elevation of the same on the line 00 as, Fig. 1. Fig. 3is a face view of a modified construction.

The handle A of the pen-holder is held in one end of a barrel, B,adapted to receive and hold a pen, C. The barrel Bis provided with alaterallyprojecting plate or wing, D, on which a wing or plate, E, ispivoted, which projects from another pen-holding barrel, F, thusadapting the barrel F to swing toward or from the barrel B. A spring, G,is held on the wing or plate E, and the ends rest against the barrels Band F, thus pressing the rear ends of the barrels from each other, andthe front or outer, ends toward each other, and whereby the nib of thepen Hheld in thebarrel F is pressed toward the nib of the pen C. Anupwardly projecting lug, J, is formed on the wing or plate E, andthrough the same a screw, K, is passed, the point of which screw restsagainst an upwardly-projecting lug, L, at the front end of theplate orwing D. A curved handle-piece, M, is

formed on the inner or rear end of the barrel F, and anupwardly-projecting plate, N, is formed on the plate D at the side ofthe barrel B.

Instead of pivoting the wings or plates D and E to each other, as shownin Fig. 1, they can, be arranged to slide on each other, as

shown in Fig. 3, and the pen-holding barrels can thus also be adjustedto slide toward or from each other. By turning the screw K so that itprojects a greater or less distance from the lug J, the nibs of the pensC H are separated a greater or less distance and both pens draw parallellines. If the space between the lines is to be changed while writing,the handle-piece M is pressed toward the plate N more or less, the firstfinger resting against the said plate N. As soon as the handle-piece Mis released the spring G throws the rear ends of the barrels B and Ffrom each other and thus presses the nibs or points of the pens towardeach other until the screw K rests against the stop or lug L on theplate or wing D.

Different-colored inks can be used on the pens, and. a coarse and a finepen can be used together, and by changing the pens and ink variouseffects can be produced.

Instead of arranging the spring G in the manner shown, it can bearranged in such a manner that one end rests against the inner surfaceof the upward1y-projecting plate N, and the other end rests against thelug J and presses it toward the lug L.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- 1. A pen-holder provided with two pen holding devicesadapted to be adjusted a great er or less distance from each other, andof a spring for pressing the nibs of the pens toward each other,substantially as herein shown and described.

2. A pen-holder provided with a fixed barrel, a movable barrel, a springfor pressing the nibs of the pens toward each other, and a stop-screw,substantially as herein shown and described.

3. In a pen-holder, the combination, with the barrel B, provided with awing, D, having a lug, L, of the barrel F, provided with a wing, E,pivoted on the wing D and having a lug, G, in which a set-screw, K, isheld, substantially as herein shown and described.

CLARENCE R. ARNOLD.

